Introducing sign language literature : folklore and creativity /: folklore and creativity. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko.
• Authors: Sutton-Spence, Rachel; Kaneko, Michiko
• Contents: What is sign language literature? -- Sign language literature in context -- Oral literature and performance -- Folklore and deaflore -- Story types -- Storytelling techniques -- Anthropomorphism -- Beginnings and endings -- Plots, protagonists, subjects and themes -- Metaphor -- Prose and poetry -- Neologism and ambiguity -- Repetition -- Handshape -- Use of sign space -- Symmetry and balance -- Nonmanual features -- Deaf humour and sign language humour -- Style in signed art forms -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 899.98; Study & Teaching; Sign language; Storytelling; Sign language; Storytelling; Literature & literary studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137363831; 1137363835
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.